Washing machine



Aug. 11, 1925.

E. J. PERRY WASHING MACHINE Origihai Filed Aug. 24. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet l a Imam/(IE1) as, @W/% m Aug. 11, 1925.

E. J. PERRY WASHING MACHINE Original Filed Aug. 1

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 MMJOZW Patented Aug. 11, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMANUEL J. PERRY, 0F FAIR/HAVEN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR 'I'O PERRY ILA-UN? DRY MACHINERY 00., INCL, OF FAIRI-IAVEN, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

WASHING MACHINE. i

w Application filed u t 24, 1921, Serial No. 49%,826. Renewed March 14, 1925.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMANUEL J. PERRY, residing at Fail-haven, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, and a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVashing Machines, of which the follow ing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in washing machines, and socalled dry tumblers.

It is an object of the invention to provide a washing and drying machine from which the clothes may be rapidly removed after a washing or drying action with a minimum amount of labor.

The invention more particularly relates to awashing and drying machine of the cylinder type, wherein the cylinder is shiftable bodily from the casing to one side thereof to permit the clothes to be ejected from the cylinder. The invention comprises an approved means for shifting said cylinder, and contemplates the provision of simple and efficient mechanism for accomplishing this end.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a washing and drying machine, wherein the cylinder receives an ejector adapted to be actuated when the said cylinder is in an unloading position to rapidly eject the clothes therefrom.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown a single embodiment of the invention, but this is merely for the purpose of dis-- closure, and the invention is susceptible of many changes without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation.

Figure 2 represents a side view with the container lifted from the casing; and, F igure 3 represents a detail view.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding parts, the numeral 1 designates suitable supporting standards or legs upon which the casing 2 is mounted. Said casing is rigidly fitted to the legs and is provided with a hinged cover 3 connected with the casing by the hinge 4' and adapted to be swung to the position shown in Figure 2. Disposed within the casing and mounted for a rotary movement is the washing and drying cylinder 5, the same having trunnions 6 projecting through the SlClO avails of the casing and seated withinbearings formed therein. Said trunnions also project outwardly and enter suitable openings disposed within operating segments to be later described. The cylinder is preferably rotated to effect a. cleansing or drying action of clothes introduced thereto, and any improved means of rotating the same may be employed, such for instance, as belt or gear drives. The cylinder is provide with a swinging door 7 pivoted thereto and normally maintained closed by a latch S. The function of this door is to permitaccess to be had to the interior of the cylinder to allow clothes to be placed there: in or to be removed therefrom.

The cylinder has arranged therein an ejector 9 preferably consisting of a perforated plate adapted to seat upon the bottom of the cylinder and of a configuration to conform to the curvature thereof, clothes merely resting on said plate when the cylinder is in operation. Disposed along the side of the cylinder is an operating arm 10 connected with the ejector and the actuation of this arm when the cylinder is in an un-- loading or expanding position, will result in an ejection of clothes therefrom. This position of the cylinder will be more clear- 1y hereinafter described.

In washing and drying machines much labor and time is consumed in removing a batch of garments from a cylinder, and the present invention contemplates improved means for expeditiously discharging or unloading clothes from a cylinder, which means can be operated by a single attendant and will enable the transfer of clothes to be accomplished in a decidedly short period of time.

With this conception in mind, the segments 11 are pivotally mounted upon the casing 2 at each end thereof. Inasmuch as the segments at each end of the machine and its operating mechanism are identical, a de scription of one suffices for both. Each segment is disposed upon a pivot pin 12 and has a segmental gear 13 adapted to mesh with a worm 14L rotated by the driven shaft 15 maintained in position by bearings 16 and operated by a miter gear 17 meshing with a miter gear 18 on said shaft. The miclosure member ter gear 17 is of course actuated by the driving shaft 19 disposed beneath the mach ne, which shaft carries a second pinion meshing with the pinion on the shaft 15 at the opposite end of the machine, and it will be understood that thi driven shaft may be driven by any suitable mechanism such for instance, as a motor, belting, shaftmg or even manually, if this is desirable. As has been pointed out, the Washing cylinder bearings 6 are seated within openings in the horizontal arms of the segments and it will be apparent that a movement of the seg ments will compel the cylinder to move in consonance therewith.

It is necessary to shift the closure 3 of the washing machine Whenever the cylinder is to be moved to an extending or discharging position to permit said cylinder to pass out of the casin To accomplish this, each segment 11 carries an extendingarm 20, the arm having an offset anti-friction member 21 adapted to ride within a guide or track 22 horizontally disposed along the side of the 3. It is, therefore, apparent that as the segment rises, the arm 20 will move to the right and inasmuch as the antif'riction member 21 is confined within the track22, this will compel the closure membe: 3 to swing on its pivot 1 to the left hand side of the machine, and provide the neces sary opening to enable the cylinder to be withdrawn. To facilitate this opening of the closure, I have provided a counterbalt eses attached to a flexible member 2a, passing around a pulley 25 on the standard 26 attached to the machine, and connected at its opposite end to the "closure 3 by the eye bolt 27. v V I When a batch of garments have been thoroughly cleansed and dried in the machine by a rotation of the cylinder in a manner common in all washing and drying machines it is desired to unload or discharge these garments, the shaft 19 is rotated by power or manually, whichc'auses the shafts 15 to rotate, the worm gears 14 meshing with the gear [surface 13 of the segments 11, which of course moves the segments on their fixed pivots 12. As the segments begin to move upwardly on these pivots, the arm 20 shifts the casing closure 3 to the left end side of the machine, as shown in dotted lines, while the segments carry or bodily lift the washingcylinder 5 from the casing 2 and the length "of the segmental faces 13 are suiii' icient to cause said cylinder to be shifted so sterling therein is disposed on, one si'de'o'f the casing, as clearly shown in Figifre 2., The cylinder is maintained in this pjositioh,fa1id the door? then opened. The ejector operating handle 10 is "grasped and s ung d wnwardfly {causing the ejector 9 to h; i eject the garments from the cylinder and a suitable receptacle disposed to receive neaaoa? them, whereupon additional clothes are placed within the machine and the door 7 closed and the segments 11 actuated by the shafts 15 to lower the cylinder within the casing and to likewise lower the closure 3 of the casing 2., The washing operation of the new batch of clothes is then continued, and after the completion thereof said clothes are removed by shifting the cylinder in the manner hereinhefore described so that the open ing therein lies on one side of the machine to facilitate an easy withdrawal of the garments. 7 7

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A washing machine comprising a casing, a washingcylinder therein, a segment pivotally mounted at one end to said casing and also connected with the washing cylinder, said segment being provided with gear teeth, a shaft, means for rotating the shaft, and a gear carried by said shaft and meshing with the teeth on the segment for shifting said segment on its pivot to bodily lift the washing cylinder from the casing, said casing h'avinga movable closure, carried by the segment and cooperating with said closure for simultaneously moving the closure upon a movement of the segment.

2. A washing machine comprising a cylin der and a casingtherefor, means for bodily shifting the cylinder from the casing and an ejector disposed within the washing machine for discharging garments therefrom when said cylinder is in an unloading position.

3. In a washing machine, the combination with a casing having a movable closure, a cylinder therein, an arm pivotally attached to thecasing and having a gear segment, said arm being connected with the cylinder, means projecting from the arm and engaging the casing closure, and a gear meshing with said segment adapted to be rotated to lift the same to shift casingclosure and move the cylinder from the casing.

4. A washing machine comprising a cylinder and a casing therefor, said cylinder being mounted in said casing for a rotary movement, means connecting the cylinder with the casing to permit the same to have a movement relative thereto, means for shifting the cylinder "out of the casing, and ejecting means disposed within the cylinder adapted to eject clothes therefrom when said cylinder is shifted from the casin 5. A washing machine comprisinga casing, a washing cylinder rotatably mounted therein and having a trunnion extending through one of the walls of the casing, a segment pivotally mounted at one end of said casing and receiving said trunnion, gear teeth carriedby said segment, a shaft, means for rotatingthe shaft, a gear carried by the shaft and meshing with the teeth on the,

and means i segment for shifting said segment on its pivot to bodily lift the washing cylinder from the casing and to support said cylinder outside of the casing.

6. In a washing machine, the combination with a casing, of a washing cylinder therein, an arm pivoted at one end to the casing at one side thereof, a trunnion carried by said cylinder and journaled in said pivoted arm, a gear segment carried by said arm, a gear meshing with said segment, and means for operating said pinion to shift said segment to lift the cylinder from the casing and to support the same in an elevated position.

7. In a washing machine, the combination with a casing, of a rotatable washing cylinder therein, an arm pivoted to the casing near one side thereof and extending toward the center of said casing, a trunnion on said cylinder journaled in said arm at a point remote from its pivot, a gear segment carried by said arm, a gear meshing with said segment and means for operating said pinion to shift said segment to lift the cylinder from the casing.

8. A washing machine, comprising a cylinder, a casing therefor, means for bodily shifting the cylinder from the casing, and a manually operable ejector disposed within the cylinder for ejecting garments therefrom when the cylinder is in an unloading position.

9. In a washing machine, the combination with a casing, of a rotating washing cylinder therein, an element pivoted to said casing and having a portion extending toward the center thereof, a trunnion on said cylinder journaled in said element, a gear segment carried by said element, a gear meshing with said segment, and means for operating said gear to shift said segment to lift the cylinder from the casing.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

EMANUEL J. PERRY. 

